New ESMAP-supported program to help countries achieve universal energy access with end goal of catalyzing access to electricity and modern cooking fuels for 200 million people by 2030.
The Global Geothermal Development Plan developed by ESMAP aims to scale up the use of geothermal power in developing countries by focusing on exploratory test drilling - the main…
About 1.2 billion people – almost the population of India – lack access to electricity, 2.8 billion have to rely on wood or other biomass to cook and heat their homes, renewable energy accounts for 18 percent of the global energy mix, and…
Mauritius and the Seychelles face increasing constraints in their power sector: rising electricity demand and dependence on imported fossil fuels. Both countries are actively working to increase the proportion of energy generated by…
The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program marks its 30th anniversary this year. In that time, ESMAP has moved from being a small program focused on giving targeted advice to oil-importing countries to one of the World Bank Groupâs…
